Tome Topple Round 11 Announcement + TBR

[@mccanning7165]

I’m using this tome topple to finally start the Mistborn series. My final exams for university will be over by then so I can really get into reading📚.

[@Amyduckie]

MC Canning I’m about halfway through The Final Empire and it’s really good.

[@Helen-qi2cr]

This will be my first time doing this! Going to tackle Wise Man’s Fear. It’s been on my TBR for so long

[@nnt9498]

Me too! I started it a bit back but it had been in my tbr for somewhere between 2 and 4 years

[@alphamike5362]

I don't own a lot of books and so often struggle to find things to fit all of the challenges. This is why I really love the Tome Topple - because the only real requirement is that the book is over 500 pages which makes it really easy to participate. Thanks for coming up with something that can include more people, particularly just now when you can't get to a library.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

you're welcome!

[@margarets2924]

🙌 my tentative TBR is Skyward (genre don’t read/audiobook) Tommyknockers (stand-alone/adult) Elantris (TBR the longest/one tome) Poppy War (AAPI/series). I have so many other books that can fit prompts so this will probably change. I always change TBRs even during a readathon. 😀 Looking forward to this!

[@nnt9498]

Holy crud.. For days id thought this thing ended on the 21st. That means i have a whole extra day of reading. Yes!

[@starlahenjoys]

yessss i am so glad you're finally reading The Black Prism and omg .. i am CURRENTLY reading The Phoenix Empress hahaha would have been perfect for this readathon

[@enviropirate1]

Using this to finally push me to read The Priory of the Orange Tree. Definitely the beefiest tome on my TBR.

[@ginnyvanoh]

Furyborn and Kingsbane are a couple of my favorites!

[@alinafaye02]

I'm also hoping to read Kingsbane and maybe a Brandon Sanderson book (stuck between continuing in the Mistborn trilogy and the oldest book on my TBR, Elantris). Thanks for running this readathon, it's really helped me tackle some of my bigger books 😊

[@natasagajic1061]

This will be great to finish the Lunar Chronicles (only Winter left). Although... reading a series with a plague might not be the smartest choice in the current situation 😅

[@Amyduckie]

Yes! Gotta read Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb anyway! I’ll be reading AAPI stuff, but they’re all too short. 😭

[@Sarah1212-h6j]

I've never participated before because I find big books intimidating but I know that's the point of the readathon! I'm feeling strangely motivated this time around so will be reading A Court Of Mist And Fury by Sarah J Mass and Dark Age by Pierce Brown.

[@tijanakovac7865]

I'm already doing the medievalathon but I did pick some tomes so I'll just read those during tometopple! Multitasking

[@Mayuka1342]

I hope I can get to reading Warrior Moon (Bright Ascendency #3) by K. Arsenault Rivera. ❤️💕

[@stubbornlybookish5555]

I'm finally going to finish Mistborn the month! It has been a long time coming.

[@tijanakovac7865]

I'm going to start it, very excited!

[@CarolynsReadingRamblings]

The two books over 500 pages that I want to read in May are Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (reread) and The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton so one or both of those will be read for this 😆. I was hoping the illustrated Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire could count but sadly it is only 464 pages ☹️. Looking forward to this though 😀❤️📘❤️🎧🙌

[@regitzexenia]

This overlaps pretty much exactly with Believathon, which is a bit stressful. So I am going to lowkey participate, since I’m also doing Medievalathon in all of May and it turns out 5 of my 8 books are 500+ pages. A bit messy, but I’ll make it work 📚😅 Options for TomeTopple include: Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames, Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb, The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang, The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch and A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab. Since everything overlaps, I’m thinking I’ll get to 1 or 2 of these during the actual tome topple. I just cannot not participate, TT is one of my favorite readathons.

[@skeletonkeybooks]

I failed so hard last time, so I'm looking forward to this chance to redeem myself. Maybe Night Film. I started it once but it's been long enough that I'll just need to start over. I should check my Sirens challenge list to see what's on there that would count.

[@meg4271]

Excited for this! Will be the first time joining it. I wanna read Oathbringer because the fourth book’s coming out later this year, but it’s a chunk (technically two because it’s the British edition)

[@haleyandrews74]

I’ll be reading Passion by Jude Morgan it’s 536 pages!

[@SophiaAlexisBooks]

Between Medievalathon and Tome Topple my May TBR is gonna explode 🥵😂

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I hear you! I'm strongly considering doing Medieval-a-thon as well lol

[@tijanakovac7865]

Haha me too, I'm going to try and do both

[@MulkEntertainment]

Same here. Good thing I have a loooot of free time right now

[@Isabelle-di9yr]

saaame

[@georgieee000]

This readathon came at such a good time! I’ve only got tomes left on my tbr that I have to read before buying more books and I can finally join in for the first time! 🙌🏻❤️🎉

[@heatherabner]

I bought the tigers daughter on your recommendation nearly 2 years ago? I still haven't read it!! I keep wanting to read but I keep picking books up and putting them down as I don't have a huge physical TBR and then I am at the mercy of the library and I cannot stick to any decisions. 😆

[@TheBeeesKnees]

I think this will be the first readathon I join. Really excited to get those tomes off of my TBR. Finally time to start The Stormlight Archive I think. Thanks for doing this!!

[@Greenelf22]

I've got a LOT of tomes that I want to get to. At the top of the list right now are "Muse of Nightmares", "Starless Sea" "City of Brass" and "Shadow of Night".

[@nnt9498]

Are there versions of the starless sea that are 500 pages or over? My hardback copy is 494 so im not counting it in mine. In a stickler for the rules when it comes to this stuff.

[@Greenelf22]

@@nnt9498- you are totally right. I didn't look before I typed that comment. I guess I won't be counting it. I decided to start "Way of Kings" anyways, which will likely take me the whole 2 weeks

[@veronique5199]

Most of my tomes are in my student home which are not available to me atm. But i did just got the mistborn series so might read those

[@BrokenDarkFire]

I was just wishing there would be another Tome Topple because for some reason, I’ve got like four large books on my immediate TBR, and I’ve been struggling to get into any of them.

[@msmaggierose530]

that eyebrow game thoooooooo 👌🏻😂 Also I might actually participate this time!!!

[@HannahCassieBooks]

I miserably failed last tome topple so now I am even more determined to finish all the pomps! Cannot wait! Also silent livestream would be amazing!

[@Hazel-C]

I had already planned to read The Great Hunt and The Well of Ascension in May so this is great timing

[@MulkEntertainment]

Yes, I can finally take part in this! Can't wait to pick out my monster of a TBR I won't be able to finish, but will certainly try

[@alysamorley3570]

I'm so excited for this! I have done every round of Tome Topple except 2 of them, and it's perfect timing for me! Usually I struggle to fit this readathon in, but I am graduating with my Master's degree the day this starts. I can't wait.

[@tpstps85]

Yes! Kingsbane!!

[@riankoch9126]

Lol can we move tome topple forward? I just got my library borrows of Words of Radiance and Oathbringer and those things are HUGE! Probably will end up finishing Oathbringer by the start and have to read the 7 Realms series or The Bright Ascendancy. Who knows, maybe I’ll even read a nonfiction.

[@bookellenic1327]

I'll pencil that in, because I'm trying not to overwhelm myself with readathons... Sounds super fun, though, and I immediately thought of a few books I could read in Time Topple.

[@bura5703]

This is such perfect timing for me! I'm doing the Bookemon readathon in May and with the Pokemon I'm picking books over 500 pages get me double point 😍 my TBR for this will kind of depend on when I get holds from the library but I've got A Storm of Swords, Needful Things, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves, The Well of Ascension, and Illuminae planned for the month!

[@madnabox6499]

I hope you enjoy The Black Prism!

[@Saphira46]

Damn, I have exams until May 17th! Might join you in the last few days. I really want to read Priory of the Orange Tree, I bought it last year, but then left the country for a year abroad and couldn't take it with me xD

[@haleyandrews74]

Your nails are so enchanting! My eyes follow them as you wave your hands around hahahaha

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

thank you :)

[@TheChantally]

I'm doing this for the first time and I'm gonna try to tackle 5 books and get all 9 prompts! My TBR: Outlander; The Poppy War; The Institute; Aliss; The Eye of the World

[@paigeburns3226]

I got The Phoenix Empress recently! Must read.

[@eleonorarosato3766]

I'm so happy this is happening! I have so many books over 500 pages and I thought I had to wait a year and instead I just have to wait until May! Now I will just have to create my TBR!

[@FantasyBookAddict]

I live for the Tome Topple readathon ❤️ I’ve been participating since 2016. I usually only read one tome but fingers crossed I can get to at least two. 🤞🏾I’m thinking I’ll use this as an excuse to start Priory of the Orange Tree. I’ve been tempted to pickup the Tiger’s Daughter since I first heard you talk about it. I can’t wait to see what you think of the Black Prism.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

thank you for joining us again!

[@meggaroo2]

Right now I just have Heir of Fire on my TBR but I am going to go through my books later and find more

[@Loonadance1212]

Heir of Fire is so good ! My favorite SJM book tho a lot of people dont like it as much as her other works. Have fun reading it ;)

[@MythicMelancholy]

I’m so glad this is out right before I put together May TBR. I’ve always got Tomes on my shelves and this is a good push to get a few read! Hopefully my Game of TBR plays nice with all my readathon planning. 😅 Super excited! Thanks for putting this together!

[@ItsHopebooks]

I plan on joining this round and I'm so excited.

[@srakuuna9183]

I recently bought Seanan McGuire's Middlegame, and I definitely want to read that as soon as possible. So that's going to be my number one choice! ^_^ Other reads I'll probably pick based on my mood =D

[@amatsubuu4262]

My I ask a question about prompt 6: AAPI. Does "Ancillary Mercy" (Imperial Radch, #3) count? The setting is a Japanese adaptation of a realm in space somewhere in the future.

[@aamandavlogs]

Yayyyyy I was hoping we’d get one of these soon!

[@treelamp95]

Excited to participate, will be reading Kingsbane and A Clash of Kings!

[@ACourtofHooksAndBooks]

Oof I dont think I have that many books that are asian and are tome topple eligible. BUT I do have Jade City on my Asian Readathon TBR as well as The Grace of Kings and I doubt I'll read more than those anyway so I think I'll still be able to participate in both 😃

[@JustAngelaHerself]

Oh I just finished Kingsbane yesterday! I can't wait for October...!

[@ToriMorrow]

I’m looking forward to finally participating in this! Trying to decide between reading Priory of the Orange Tree and Legacy of Ash for May. I hope you enjoy the Black Prism!

[@SophieBrown16]

I’m going to read Kingsbane too!

[@stuckonstories]

Ooh I can't wait to participate again! I've already picked out my tbr and it's already way too ambitious hahah

[@JoLovesToRead]

I’m going to read The Name of the Wind ☺️

[@hanabanana8028]

i can't wait for tome topple! are the recs for aapi heritage month up yet?

[@KeepCalmwithBooksandCoffee]

I had a super successful round last time so I’m really excited this has come around again so quickly! Thanks Sam!

[@Maria-xn8hw]

Yay! I've actually never been able to really participate in Tome Topple until now! I've been saving The Goldfinch for Tome Topple and I'm was planning to read The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee for the Asian Readathon and it's over 500 pages so I guess that's my TBR sorted!

[@KristenReads]

This'll be my first time taking part, and it starts the day after my birthday so what better time than now!

[@LynnetteReads]

Think I will only get to 1 tome in that fortnight as I already have 7 books on my May TBR!

[@allDaireads]

Yass, Tome Topple! Im going to see how many prompts I can overlap with Asian Readathon!

[@baileyhett1592]

I was just looking at the Twitter account yesterday wondering when the next round would be! I'm ready! Top on my list this round are The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter and #Junkie by Cambria Hebert.

[@MrLaiioSpain]

Maybe I’ll use this readathon to finally read The Lies of Locke Lamora lol

[@kimberlya7267]

yes! Hopefully this is the motivation I need to finish It.... I'm barely into that thing, it just intimidates me lol so I ignore it.

[@chloefranklin5324]

I keep getting so excited to finally participate in Tome Topple but they always come around at inconvenient times for me (damn essays 😂). Hoping I can do it next time!

[@booksanddragons1928]

Same 🤣

[@magglett]

I'm going to finish the first Mistborn trilogy and finally start the Farseer trilogy!

[@ericah5512]

This is the perfect opportunity to read iron gold by pierce brown ❤️✨

[@jaes1346]

Hmm audiobook tome... 👀outlander book 6 at 993 pages and 57.8 hours? Is it time? 😰

[@marcyreads]

This announcement made my day!! I’m so ready!

[@JacquieVlogsHere]

Oop, time to rearrange my TBR a bit lol. Was planning on just doing the Asian read-a-thon in May but I love this read-a-thon so will prob try to do a bit of both! I forget, do you guys usually do another round of tome topple in the summer as well?

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

yep! We try to do one a season.

[@LiaCooper]

literally took a break from reading (currently finishing up the last 100 pgs of a tome i started during tome topple round 10 xD ) to watch this

[@BrunetteBibliophile]

I have one book that fits 4 challenges.

[@nicolekawa1265]

This will be PERFECT if I’m still out of work.

[@nenerson1195]

Is the middle space "read at least 1 tome" a free space that you automatically check off after your first tome?

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

yep!

[@readbymarta2781]

would a classic count as an adult book?

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

readbymarta yep

[@bibliophage4217]

Ugh... I get so jealous of people who have the time for Readathons

[@marianaipiranga4846]

Maybe a discord channel is a fun alternative to the GR group

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Ooo yes! Just what I need right now!